Eagan, MN Short-Term Rentals: Extended Home Share (2026)

Section 6.55, Subd. 3(A) sets the general rule: no person may operate a rental dwelling in Eagan without a city license. Subd. 3(B) then lists exemptions from that license requirement, including a dwelling occupied by the owner or a qualifying relative, and a dwelling 'rented for a period of not less than 30 days and not more than 120 consecutive days' where the owner occupies it the rest of the calendar year, an arrangement the city treats as extended home sharing. The same paragraph closes with an unambiguous limit: it 'does not allow and shall not be construed as to allow short-term rentals for traveler lodging accommodation purposes' commonly booked through 'Airbnb,' 'VRBO,' and similar vacation home rental websites.

Because the code creates no separate license category for stays under 30 days, and the only home-share exemption expressly excludes platform-booked traveler lodging, an Eagan property owner cannot lawfully use Airbnb or VRBO for short visitor stays under this ordinance. The community development director administers rental licensing citywide, and operating outside the recognized exemptions or without a license triggers the same violation and penalty scheme that governs any unlicensed rental dwelling under Subd. 20, plus the general misdemeanor penalty in Sec. 6.99.